The Beat

Jun 3, 1988

1h 38m

★ 6.0

It's up to us to create the world again

Overview

A New York teacher indulges a mad high school poet who sees himself as a mythic hero.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Vestron Pictures

The Beat Trailers

Cast

Rex Voorhas Ormine

David Jacobson

Billy Kane

William McNamara

Kate Kane

Kara Glover

Doug

Stuart Alexander

Dirt-Larry

David McCarthy

Vis

Markus Flanagan

Danny Lambeaux

Reggie Rock Bythewood

Amy Kahn

Lisa Blake Richards

Frank Ellsworth

John Savage

Mr. Frock

Jack McGee

Auggie

Tony Gillan

Ian Murphy

Richard Eigen

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